Tuned In

DEVOTION
PROVERBS
TUNED IN

Prov 1:20-21
20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares;
21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, in the gateways of the city she makes her speech:
NIV
Is this the wisdom of God or the wisdom of the world which raises her voice in the public squares? Although I think most commentators might think this is the wisdom of God, I do not. I am sure this is the wisdom of man which screams so loudly in the public square. I am sure this is man’s pitiful wisdom which cries out at the head of a noisy street. It is trying with all its useless efforts to gain the attention of those who are trying to listen to that still small voice of God. In every part of society the wisdom of man makes her speech trying desperately to entice all who will listen, to entangle them in her web of madness. I cannot see the wisdom of God screaming so loudly everyone has to pay attention. No this is men’s alone. It holds no treads of entanglement for me. Its chains cannot get a grip on my mind. I see it for what it is, a futile attempt to appear as though answers to questions have been solved. It is a twisted view of reality and a failed attempt at true wisdom. True wisdom does call for her people. True wisdom does make a plea for people to come and drink from the sweet cup of goodness and mercy from God. True wisdom makes her appeal toward those who desire to hear from her. Yes, God does not withhold the divine wisdom from his creation, if they will turn from the screams of they own feeble attempts at wisdom and listen to his. This is the choice I have made. I will not ascribe to the wisdom of the world, the foolishness it. I will not be driven by this garbage into a live of frenzy, worry, anxieties, stress, and doom. I will enjoy the peace of God because I know where true wisdom is, within his word, within the realm of God, in his kingdom and in him alone. No matter how noisy, how loud the false wisdom of the world may get, I cannot hear it, for my ears are tuned to the voice of the Spirit. I am tuned in.